Direct Rail Services becomes Nuclear Transport Solutions
Direct Rail Services (DRS), the Carlisle-based freight operator, is about to become part of Nuclear Transport Solutions. In an administrative shake up at its parent…
UK specialist DRS racing to decarbonise
Having started out with a small fleet of underpowered second-hand diesel locomotives that had just retired from construction duties on the Channel Tunnel, Direct Rail…
After UK floods, investment for coastal line
Having only just reopened after extensive repairs, a planned investment and upgrade programme will close the Cumbrian Coast Line, in the north west of England, again…
Coronavirus UK: rail freight staff labelled protected as ‘key workers’
The British government has answered calls from the rail freight industry. It has acted to protect the professions of those directly involved in the food…